What Time is it in South Dakota?
South Dakota is not one timezone. Live clocks: Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen. Default face: Central Time (CDT, UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer).
South Dakota uses Central Time (CDT, UTC−6 in winter, UTC−5 in summer).
When it is noon in South Dakota it is 1 p.m. in New York all year. When it is noon in South Dakota it is 6 p.m. in London all year.
South Dakota is about 27 minutes of solar time west of the Central Time meridian. Winter sunrises run later than in towns farther east that share the same offset.
In mid-January the sun rises about 42 minutes later here than in Chicago.
Sunrise and sunset in South Dakota
December in South Dakota is a short-day clock: sunrise near 7:54 a.m., sunset near 4:52 p.m.. June runs from about 5:46 a.m. to 9:10 p.m.. Figures are mid-month for 2026 at the coordinates we use for this place, not a weather forecast.
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7:58 a.m. | 5:15 p.m. | 9 h 18 m |
| February | 7:27 a.m. | 5:57 p.m. | 10 h 30 m |
| March | 7:41 a.m. | 7:33 p.m. | 11 h 52 m |
| April | 6:46 a.m. | 8:09 p.m. | 13 h 24 m |
| May | 6:03 a.m. | 8:45 p.m. | 14 h 41 m |
| June | 5:46 a.m. | 9:10 p.m. | 15 h 24 m |
| July | 6:00 a.m. | 9:07 p.m. | 15 h 07 m |
| August | 6:32 a.m. | 8:33 p.m. | 14 h 01 m |
| September | 7:06 a.m. | 7:40 p.m. | 12 h 33 m |
| October | 7:41 a.m. | 6:46 p.m. | 11 h 05 m |
| November | 7:21 a.m. | 5:04 p.m. | 9 h 43 m |
| December | 7:54 a.m. | 4:52 p.m. | 8 h 58 m |
Mid-month local times for 2026. Hills, weather, and the exact street change what you see by a few minutes.
More than one timezone in South Dakota
Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen — those cards are different civil times. The large face is the default for South Dakota (Central Time).
Cities near South Dakota
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